παλινάγρετος

English (LSJ)

ον, (ἀγρέω)

   A to be taken back or recalled, οὐ π. οὐδ' ἀπατηλόν irrevocable, Il.1.526; π. ἀάτη Hes.Sc.93; νεότατα δ' ἔχειν π. οὐκ ἔστι Theoc. 29.28; π. αἰών, ἀρχή, etc., Nonn.D.3.255, 6.175, al.; recoverable, of an element, Numen. ap. Eus.PE15.17.    2 retracting his words, of the philosopher Arcesilaus, Id.ib.14.5.